I've used Shame's repository (http://shame.tuxfamily.org/repo/?page_id=29 to install Compiz-Fusion in Debian Sid (w/ Gnome) and it works perfectly.
I've also used the same source to install CF in Sidux (w/ KDE) and it works fine there too.
Using an old nVidia GeForce4 MX 420 card with legacy 1.0-9639 driver and no problems.

I've managed to instal xgl &l compiz-fusion but now all the windows look old, i've included a screenshot so you can see what i mean, if i try chaning themes in emerald only the border around the windows change and i cant get the windows back to how they were

I've been trying to set up compiz-fusion on a fresh lenny install (the vast majority of the system is lenny, but with the 2.6.22 kernel from sid), I've got an ATI card, and I have successfully installed the fglrx driver for my ATI Mobility Radeon X1400, running fglrx info gives:

If I start GDM without XGL, fglrxinfo does not show the Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". error. But then of course compiz fusion just doesn't work at all.

I have successfully got the compiz-fusion 3D effects working on this very laptop but on a sid installation and I have since reinstalled to give lenny a try as sid was just a little too unstable for what I'm wanting to use this particular laptop for. So I started wondering what was different between lenny and sid... The fglrx driver packages in lenny and sid currently both appear to be at version 8.36.6, the libglitz-glx1 and libglitz1 packages also appear to be at the same version right now in lenny and sid, so I guess it must be something else that's different.

Has anyone gotten the compiz-fusion 3D effects working with lenny and an ATI card where you need this XGL business? Or am I just "pissing in the wind" here? Can anyone give more information on XGL?

Could the issue be related to the difference in gnome version between lenny and sid?

EDIT: Probably better to post on the compiz fusion forum about this stuff I guess, but I just had a thought that perhaps the version of compiz fusion that is in shames lenny repo (http://download.tuxfamily.org/shames/de ... /snapshot/ ./) is older and simply does not have the 3D cube effect that is activated by the middle mouse button... Does anyone know if all versions of compiz fusion have this effect?

2nd EDIT: Just for anyone else who may be trying to get Compiz Fusion working with an ATI card, fglrx and xgl, after further research I have discovered that the Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". error is apparently normal when xgl is running, as is direct rendering being disabled. So getting these errors probably means that xgl is going just fine (w00t). And the differences in appearance and activation of various effects in Compiz Fusion were, as I suspected, a result of the different versions of Compiz Fusion its self that are in either Shames Lenny or Sid repositories.

I've successfully installed Compiz Fusion this week after making a few schoolboy errors previously. Just use shames repository and wiki and I think you will get it up and running. (This isn't a direct response to anyone just aimed at new or newish debian users).

"Imagination is a quality given a man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humour was provided to console him for what he is."

I've been trying to set up compiz-fusion on a fresh lenny install (the vast majority of the system is lenny, but with the 2.6.22 kernel from sid), I've got an ATI card, and I have successfully installed the fglrx driver for my ATI Mobility Radeon X1400, running fglrx info gives:

If I start GDM without XGL, fglrxinfo does not show the Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". error. But then of course compiz fusion just doesn't work at all.

I have successfully got the compiz-fusion 3D effects working on this very laptop but on a sid installation and I have since reinstalled to give lenny a try as sid was just a little too unstable for what I'm wanting to use this particular laptop for. So I started wondering what was different between lenny and sid... The fglrx driver packages in lenny and sid currently both appear to be at version 8.36.6, the libglitz-glx1 and libglitz1 packages also appear to be at the same version right now in lenny and sid, so I guess it must be something else that's different.

Has anyone gotten the compiz-fusion 3D effects working with lenny and an ATI card where you need this XGL business? Or am I just "pissing in the wind" here? Can anyone give more information on XGL?

Could the issue be related to the difference in gnome version between lenny and sid?

EDIT: Probably better to post on the compiz fusion forum about this stuff I guess, but I just had a thought that perhaps the version of compiz fusion that is in shames lenny repo (http://download.tuxfamily.org/shames/de ... /snapshot/ ./) is older and simply does not have the 3D cube effect that is activated by the middle mouse button... Does anyone know if all versions of compiz fusion have this effect?

2nd EDIT: Just for anyone else who may be trying to get Compiz Fusion working with an ATI card, fglrx and xgl, after further research I have discovered that the Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". error is apparently normal when xgl is running, as is direct rendering being disabled. So getting these errors probably means that xgl is going just fine (w00t). And the differences in appearance and activation of various effects in Compiz Fusion were, as I suspected, a result of the different versions of Compiz Fusion its self that are in either Shames Lenny or Sid repositories.

hi

i have same probs as u and it cause to me this :

1st i cant change gamma on my monitor.
2nd im playing a wolfenstein enemy territory (nearly two years ) and i want run him too on linux, but when i turn him on (compiz-fusion installed and wrok fine, dont tryed without compiz-fusion) some textures missing to me or theyre drawed wrong :O

"ATI-Howto" is (#1) to install compiz fusion with ATI Radeon (r200 / r300) video cards - Thanks to Alpha_Cluster for his work on this!, or (#2) see his thread: http://www.sidux.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-970.html , or (#3) after getting ATI drivers working, check with !Composite and !Rendering, follow steps in !HowTo

"composite" is (#1) to enable composite use your favorite text-editor and edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf section "Extensions", and add/ensure the following, or (#2) for NVidia, either use smxi -kiwdt for graphics install, be sure to use option -c for compiz-fusion in the install options, or, make sure: Option "Composite" "1" is in the xorg.conf, or (#3) for ATI, make sure: Option "Composite"

"Enable" is in the xorg.conf"rendering" is (#1) to test if you have "direct rendering" active; do the following in a konsole, or (#2) glxinfo | grep "direct", or (#3) your output should be "direct rendering: Yes" - if it is working

1st i cant change gamma on my monitor.2nd im playing a wolfenstein enemy territory (nearly two years ) and i want run him too on linux, but when i turn him on (compiz-fusion installed and wrok fine, dont tryed without compiz-fusion) some textures missing to me or theyre drawed wrong :O

I'm also not sure I can help you much with the ET issue you speak of as I don't have any time to play games these days , have never done so on my Linux system, and so have never come across the problems you speak of. Assuming you have an ATI card and you're using XGL, my only suggestion would be to try turning off compiz-fusion and disabling XGL before you start your game up and see if that makes a difference. Possibly it's something to do with XGL running that could be causing the issue.

If you're still having problems with your game while compiz-fusion and XGL are disabled, then that would of course point towards the issue being something unrelated to compiz-fusion and XGL.

You can change settings in the CompizConfig Settings Manager, you get to it either via the menu in your desktop environment or, if you are using fusion-icon, you can right click on the icon (the little blue box thing) and select the settings manager. What settings are available depends on what version of compiz-fusion you are running and what plugins you have installed, there are a number of places in the settings manager where you can change options relating to the cube. There's "Desktop Cube" and "Rotate Cube" in the Desktop section and there's "Cube Reflection" in the Effects section that I can remember off hand, I'm not at my Linux system right now.

super.rad wrote:I've managed to instal xgl &l compiz-fusion but now all the windows look old, i've included a screenshot so you can see what i mean, if i try chaning themes in emerald only the border around the windows change and i cant get the windows back to how they were